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Vancouver Chamber Choir – your inflight entertainment!
Vancouver Chamber Choir … your Air Canada enRoute entertainment! Travelling this summer? The Vancouver Chamber Choir could be flying with you! If you are travelling with Air Canada between now and December 2010, be sure to tune in to your inflight audio entertainment. After rushing around a busy airport, you can unwind to the […]
‘Whispering Grass’
Does anyone know of an SATB arrangement of the song ‘Whispering Grass’? — Steve
Recruiting for church choir
Hi there I am currently in the process of trying to come up with ways to recruit singers for my church choir. It is a congregation of about 200, and the choir currently is about 10 people without ringers. I was thinking of hosting a night before actual rehearsals begin where we would sing […]
Holiday choral music for Middle School
This is my second year as chorus teacher at a middle school and I am searching for some good Chorus Holiday Programs. My upcoming 7th graders are becoming good readers. My new 6th graders have had no music previously. Any ideas are welcome. Also, what’s a great holiday closer piece?
Jester Hairston in action!
For those of you who have never seen Jester Hairston work with a choir on one of his spirituals, I have found a short clip you may be interedt in. He was certinaly an interesting character. I am planning a concert of African American spirituals and found this. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eG58Y4x9xc&feature=related Chris
Re: Seeking suggestions… “Home” theme….
Goin’ up a yonder Hawkins/ arrSirvatka ends with the words Goin’ Home Goin’ Home arr. Cameron Sullengerger he arranged this for the Region 25 Middle School All-Region Choir 2007. Not sure if it’s in print but I’m sure you can google him and email him about it.
Doug McEwen
Dear colleagues, Thank you for your immediate and positive responses to my request for information on Douglas McEwen. Obviously, he was revered in the profession and his reputation lives on. I realize now that I had misspelled his last name in my earlier post. (I was never fortunate enough to have met him […]
Know of any family choirs?
Hello, I am a family choir conductor from Seattle, and I am currently researching intergenerational choral singing as part of my Masters in Choral Conducting. I am looking for other well established intergenerational singing groups to study as part of my research. Has anyone heard of any groups in their area that i could […]
Information on Douglas McEwen
Dear colleagues, During the 2010-2011 school year the University of New Mexico will celebrate the centennial of its choral program. In the 1960s, one of my predecessors as Director of Choral Activities was Douglas McEwen. I have been having a difficult time finding biographical material on him and would appreciate any help you could give […]